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Here is an article I wrote for the Mets on Scout.com website regarding heroes and zeroes from Game 3 of the World Series. Here is an excerpt: Noah Syndergaard:  What a statement by the Mets 23-year old starter. Syndergaard rebounded from a rough start to the game and gave the Mets six quality innings allowing only the three runs on seven hits. More importantly, he did something both Matt Harvey and Jacob deGrom failed to do in Games 1 and 2, and that is adjust to the Kansas City hitters in the middle innings. At one point Sydergaard retired 12 consecutive batters. Mike Moustakas : I hope Moustakas’ mother wasn’t watching the game when he dropped the royal “Fudge” Bomb on live TV  READ HERE ! In addition, here is my article on the surge of power by David Wright! READ HERE !

METS 9 ROYALS 3 KC leads Series 2-1 With the backs to the wall the Mets got it done behind the right arm of a 23-year old prodigy nicknamed Thor, and a 32-year old third baseman who has been the face of the franchise for over a decade. In a game the Mets needed in order to give themselves the belief they can make a series out of this 2015 World Series, New York got it done behind David Wright and Noah Syndergaard, dropping the Royals 9-3 in critical Game 3. The tone of the game was set early by Syndergaard when he came high and inside to Royals lead-off batter Alcides Escobar, setting off the tempers in the Royals dugout. Apparently Sydergaard got into their heads, as the Royals spent the entire night stewing over the right-hander doing his job, by coming in on a guy who has hurt the Mets in this World Series. Syndergaard was amazing, especially after he struggled early in the game, allowing three runs in the opening two innings to put the Mets behind by a score of 3-2. Yet, ...

ROYALS 7 METS 1 KC leads Series 2-0 The New York Mets have their backs to the wall –- BIG TIME -- in this 2015 World Series, after dropping Game 2 by a score of 7-1 in a dismal offensive display, as the Mets failed to answer the challenge from a heartbreaking loss in Game 1. Down 2-0 in the World Series the chances that the Mets win this series has dwindled greatly. How did the Mets get to this point? Let’s take a look at the Heroes and Zeroes of Game 2. HEROES: Johnny Cueto: Yes, a Royal. Have to tip my cap to Johnny Cuteo, who became the first pitcher since Jack Morris of the 1991 Minnesota Twins to throw a complete game in a World Series game. Cueto got absolutely roasted by the media who expected him to fall flat on his face, after he was torched by the Blue Jays in Game 3 of the ALCS. Instead the former Cincinnati Red looked like the Cueto who had a 2.62 ERA in Cincy. He held the Mets to just two hits over nine innings of work, pushing the Royals to a commanding...

ROYALS 5 METS 4 KC leads Series 1-0 While it is easy to talk about how close the Mets came to winning Game 1 of the 2015 World Series, the fact remains Game 1 as a whole was a series of unfortunate events that plagued the Mets from start to finish, as the Royals pulled away 5-4 in a 14-inning marathon. For the very get go, Game 1 got off to an inauspicious start with Alcides Escobar rounding the bases on an inside the park home run that Yoenis Cespedes badly misplayed to give the Royals a 1-0 lead. The Mets spent the entire night trying to forget that run ever happened.   If Cespedes makes that catch, perhaps Jeurys Familia is pitching to Alex Gordon with a two-run lead in that ninth inning? Give the Mets credit they did their best to put that moment behind, which makes this Game 1 loss even more excruciating. New York tied the game on an infield single by d’Arnaud in the fourth inning; took the lead on a Curtis Granderson homer in the fifth, and added to th...

The wait is over. The New York Mets are ready to square off with the Kansas City Royals in the 2015 World Series that begins tonight at 8:07 p.m. ET in Kaufmann Stadium. A match-up that nobody really expected, the fact that both the Mets and Royals are here at this point in the 2015 season, says a lot about baseball's present and future, which is now built around teams willing to develop their own prospects through the system before hitting it big at the Major League level. It is a strategy that is a counter opposite to the long held belief of the late 1990s and 2000s where the Yankees, Red Sox, and more recently the Dodgers, have bought into the premise that winning happens when you spend millions of dollars in free agency. Not the case in today's game. The Mets cut payroll out of necessity because of an ownership group that daveled in the infamous Bernie Madoff mess and lost money in the housing market crisis. They bought into the idea of developing its talent, while not ...

GIANTS 27 COWBOYS 20 A week after they were embarrassed by the Philadelphia Eagles, the Giants bounced back on Sunday afternoon thanks to an opportune defense, and a 100-yard kick return by Dwayne Harris in a 27-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys at the Meadowlands. The Giants forced four turnovers against the Cowboys who were starting their third quarterback this season in journeyman Matt Cassel, who was overthrowing in key spots all afternoon. In fact the turnovers were not only huge for the Giants, they proved to be deadly for Dallas. With the Cowboys leading 13-10 entering the third quarter, Cassel was picked off by Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie who brought it back to the house from 58-yards out to put Big Blue in front 17-13. On the next Dallas drive, Cassel heaved one down the sideline for Terrance Williams at the Giants 1-yard line, but the quarterback found Brandon Meriweather instead, who came up with the interception. Eli Manning would answer with a 44-yard completio...

The Mets set their rotation for the 2015 World Series with Matt Harvey getting the start for New York in Game 1 on Tuesday night. Following Harvey will be Jacob deGrom in Game 2, Noah Syndergaard in Game 3 and Steven Matz in Game 4. If the series does go seven games, Harvey, deGrom and Syndergaard will each have two starts against the Royals. With a rotation so deep as the Mets, some have tried to ignite a debate about whether Harvey or Jacob deGrom should get the ball for the Series opener. Nothing could be more ironic. The Mets opened this 2015 season with the same question. Should Matt Harvey get the start on Opening Day, or should it be Bartolo Colon? The Mets went with Colon and that worked out just fine. The reason Harvey didn’t get the ball on Opening Day had to do with the fact that manager Terry Collins was concerned that Harvey would be too amped considering it was his first start in over a year after Tommy John’s Surgey, but that didn’t change his opinion that H...

PATRIOTS 30 JETS 23  Brandon Marshall was wide open. The pro bowl wide receiver turned around to his right and saw Ryan Fitzpatrick had him lined up for a completion that would have been a touchdown that could put Gang Green up eight points. Marshall had his hands ready, felt the ball his his grasp, and dropped it. A potential 24-16 lead instead turned into a field goal and a 20-16 Jets lead. In a game against Tom Brady, a 20-16 lead is not good enough, especially when there is 12:50 left to go in the ballgame. Overall it was a bad day for Marshall, who not only dropped a huge touchdown, he was called off-sides on the last play of the game, leading to a clock run off to send the Patriots to a win. While most will say it is not fair to blame one player on a loss, Marshall's mistakes are a big part of the reason why the Jets are sitting at 4-2 in second place, and not 5-1 atop the AFC East. What's most disappointing about New York's 30-23 loss to the Patriots, is...